Sutter’s Fort

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agricultural colony historic fort living history museum trading post

Sutter’s Fort is a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in present-day Sacramento, California, that became a key hub during the early American settlement and the California Gold Rush era.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Sutter 1
Sutter's Fort 1
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park 1
Sutter’s New Helvetia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural colony ⓘ
historic fort ⓘ
living history museum ⓘ
trading post ⓘ
architecturalStyle frontier fort ⓘ
associatedWith California Trail ⓘ
Donner Party ⓘ
John Sutter ⓘ
surface form: John A. Sutter
city Sacramento ⓘ
constructed 1841 ⓘ
coordinates approximately 38.572°N 121.471°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 19th century ⓘ
founder John Sutter ⓘ
function interpretive history site ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
central courtyard ⓘ
perimeter walls ⓘ
hasUse agricultural center ⓘ
military-style fortification ⓘ
museum ⓘ
trade hub ⓘ
way station for emigrants ⓘ
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalTerritory Mexican Alta California ⓘ
inception 1839 ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sacramento County ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento County, California

Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
material adobe ⓘ
wood ⓘ
namedAfter John Sutter ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
originalName New Helvetia ⓘ
ownedBy John Sutter ⓘ
partOf New Helvetia (his agricultural colony) ⓘ
surface form: New Helvetia colony

Sutter’s Fort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
region Sacramento Valley ⓘ
significantEvent California Gold Rush ⓘ
aid to Donner Party survivors ⓘ
overland migration on the California Trail ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
theme California Gold Rush history ⓘ
early California settlement ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: New Helvetia
this entity surface form: Sutter’s New Helvetia
Sutter's Mill → associatedWith → Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Sutter
Sutter's Mill → associatedWith → Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutter's Fort
subject surface form: New Helvetia
subject surface form: New Helvetia
John Sutter → founded → Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
subject surface form: New Helvetia
Sutter’s Fort → partOf → Sutter’s Fort self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park